成都七中高2017级高二上期中英语试题

成都七中（成都中学）2018-2019学年度上期高2020届期中考试英语试卷考试时间：120分钟满分：150分第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Throw out the dress.B. Exchange the dress．C. Get the dress tailored．2. What are the speakers talking about?A. A birthday celebration．B. A fancy restaurant．C. A big meal．3. What happened to Mary last night?A. She was sound asleep.B. Her car couldn’t start.C. Her friend gave Mary a phone call.4. Where do the speakers decide to go?A. Their grandma’s house.B. Their mom’s office.C. The cinema.5. Who will begin the lecture now?A. Dr. White.B. Dr. Mildens.C. Prof. Brookings.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What did the woman’s brother do at the Media Camp?A. He wrote for a magazine.B. He learned poster design.C. He studied film-making.7. Why did the woman spend her holiday there?A. To persuade her brother.B. To try something different.C. To work in the movie industry.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. What does Julia’s friend’s band need?A. A guitar player.B. A singer.C. A pianist.9. How many members ar e there in the man’s band?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.10. How will the man help Julia?A. Introduce her to his band.B. Meet her in the garage.C. Buy a new guitar for her.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11. What does the woman do?A. A doctor.B. A teacher.C. A lawyer.12. Who are the two speakers?A. Mother and son.B. Classmates.C. Friends.13. What will the man probably do next month?A. Study in a school.B. Work with the woman.C. Work in a school.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。

14. What do Belgians eat at last during a dinner outside?A. An ice-cream.B. The main dish.C. A soup.15. How long did the mall’s Christmas dinner take last year?A. About 3 hours.B. About 5 hours.C. About 6 hours.16. What may people there do after a big dinner?A. They eat as much as usual.B. They take exercise to keep fit.C. They eat less in the following days.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What prizes were given last week?A. Sports bags.B. i-Watches.C. Pens.18. How much is the prize worth this week?A. $ 215.B. $100.C. $ 250.19. What does the speaker say about the footballer?A. He can speak French.B. He owns a club.C. He has a famous wife.20. How will the listeners tell their answers?A. By making a call.B. By writing a letter.C. By sending a postcard.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Dear Alfred,I want to tell you how important your help is to my life.Growing up, I had people telling me I was too slow, though, with an IQ of 150 at 17, I’m anything but stupid. The fact was that I was found to have ADIID(注意力缺陷多动障碍). Anxious all the time, I was unable to keep focused for more than an hour at a time.However, when something did interest me, I could become absorbed. In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website. Moreover, I completed the senior course of Computer Basics, plus five relevant pre-college courses.While I was exploring my curiosity, my disease got worse. I wanted to go to college after high school, but couldn’t. So, I was killing my time at home until June 2012 when I discovered the online computer courses of your training center.Since then, I have taken courses like Data Science and Advanced Mathematics. Currently, I’m learning your Probability course. I have hundreds of printer paper, covered in self-written notes from your video. This has given me a purpose.Last year, I spent all my time looking for a job where, without dealing with the public, I could work alone, but still have a team to talk to. Luckily, I discovered the job—Data Analyst—this month and have been going full steam ahead. I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.Thank you. You’ve given me hope that I can follow my heart. For the first time, I feel good about myself because I’m doing something, not because someone told me I was doing good. I feel whole.This is why you’re saving my life.Yours,Tanis21. Why didn’t Tanis go to college after high school?A. She had learned enough about computer science.B. She preferred taking online courses.C. She had more difficulty keeping focused.D. She was too slow to learn.22. As for the working environment, Tanis prefers____.A . dealing with the public B. working by herselfC. competing against othersD. staying with ADHD students23. Tanis wrote this letter in order to_____.A. explain why she was interested in the computerB. share the ideas she had for her professionC. show how grateful she was to the centerD. describe the courses she had taken so farMuch information can be clearly conveyed, purely through our eyes, so the expression "eyes also talk" is often heard.Can you recall any experience that further proves this statement? On a bus you may quickly glance at a stranger, but not make eye contact. If he senses that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.It is the same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other’s stare at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to avert his gaze, his intentions are obvious. That is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time; in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to dominate you, you will feel disconcerted. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that words cannot express.Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and specific situation.24. What may a person usually do on a bus?A. Glance at a stranger with eye contact.B. Use eyes to talk to a stranger politely.C. Glance at a stranger without eye contact.D. Talk to a stranger politely after a quick glance.25. What does it mean if a man looks at a woman for over 10 seconds?A. He likes her eyes. B He makes contact with her.C. He knows her well.D. He admires her.26. Why is a poor liar easy to be seen through?A. He thinks that he is honest.B. He looks straight at the victim for too long a time.C. He feels uneasy about others’ eye contact.D. He wants to control the victim.27. What may be the best title for the text?A. Don’t Stare at OthersB. Eye Contact MattersC. Eyes Can SpeakD. Use Your Eye ContactCFood production does great harm to our environment. There are many procedures involved in the manufacture of food that result in greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Some procedures require the consumption of large amounts of fossil fuels, such as the transportation and storage of food products. Other factors that cause great damage to our environment include the overuse of fresh water.The production of beef is more damaging to the environment than that of any other food we consume. Raising large numbers of cattle requires the production of large amounts of food for the animals. It’s estimated that producing one pound of beef requires seven pounds of feed.Land use is also a problem. If the cattle are free-range cattle, large areas of land are required for them to live on. This has led to disastrous forest cutting and the loss of rare plants and animal species, particularly in tropical rain forests in Central and South America.Another problem specific to beef production is methane emissions (甲烷排放). Although many people are aware of the damaging effects of carbon dioxide, they don’t realize methane’s global warming potential is 25 times worse, making it a more dire problem.Unfortunately, beef consumption is growing rapidly. This is the result of simple supply and demand factors. Specifically, there are two main causes of demand that are encouraging the production of more supply. First, the increase in the world population means there are more people to consume meat. The second factor is socioeconomic advancement. As citizens in developing nations become financially stable, they can afford to buy more meat.Therefore, one way to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions is for people around the world to significantly cut down on the amount of beef they eat.28. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Producing beef can damage the environment.B. People cut down trees for animal habitats.C. Raising free-range cattle is eco-friendly.D. Carbon dioxide causes far more harm than methane.29. The und erlined word “dire” in Para.4 means.A. avoidableB. commonC. typicalD. urgent30. Beef production is growing rapidly because .A. more people are in demand of beefB. developing countries raise more cattleC. more land is available to raise cattleD. the cost of raising cattle is relatively low31. The author writes this article to .A. describe the booming of the beef productionB. emphasize the advantages of beef productionC. condemn the deforestation of the rain forestD. argue for a decrease in beef consumptionDNuclear energy has always been controversial. The world is divided — some countries are planning more nuclear plants, while others have promised to shut theirs down.After Fukushima, Germany decided to switch off all its nuclear plants by 2022. Switzerland and Italy are also phasing out nuclear power. But France and the United States remain staunch supporters of atomic energy. In fact, almost 80% of France’s electricity comes from nuclear power, the highest percentage in the world. And in the US, the administration said it“continues to support the expansion of nuclear power”.Nuclear supporters claim unclear power can help the environment. Unlike fossil fuels, nuclear power doesn’t create greenhouse gases. So, pro-nuclear countries argue that nuclear power allows them to generate energy without contributing to climate change. Britain’s chief scientific adviser supports this view. He recently said that the world doesn’t have the luxury of ignoring nuclear energy.Nuclear power is also relatively cheap. Renewable energy sources such as solar, hydro and wind power may be clean, but they’ re expensive; and right now, they require a lot of investment. This higher cost of using “green energy” is usually passed onto the consumer. So, while many people may prefer their energy to come from a renewable source, not so many are prepared to pay higher energy bills. This is of particular concern while the world economy is in such bad shape.The main argument against nuclear energy is that it isn’t safe. For a start, nuclear waste is very difficult to dispose of, and remains toxic to humans for thousands of years. And even before Fukushima, there were several high-profile nuclear disasters. The most famous is probably the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, in the Ukraine. The radiation from the meltdown spread all over Europe, affecting thousands.The nuclear energy issue is very complex. And it doesn’t look like it will be resolved anytime soon. The battle continues.32. What has Germany decided to do by 2022?A. go on use nuclear energy.B. shut down its nuclear plants.C. decided to continue all its nuclear plants by 2022.D. decide to increase input on nuclear plants.33. What is the main argument against nuclear energy?A. It is unsafe and remains toxic for thousands of years.B. It spends a lot of money to build nuclear plants.C. Nuclear power can pollute the environment.D. Nuclear power is so expensive that people can not afford it.34. The writer’s attitude toward nuclear energy is_____?A. supportiveB. opposedC. neutralD. indifferent35. It can be inferred from the text that _____.A. Nuclear energy can cause the environment change.B. Nuclear energy is cheaper than solar, hydro and wind power.C. Many disasters were caused by nuclear energy.D. It is uncertain whether nuclear energy is good or not.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。